OpenWrt for Lenovo ix2-dl 2 bay NAS (kirkwood)

Hi All,

The ix2-dl is a capable marvel 6282 / kirkwood based NAS with two drive bays, 256mb ram and 1gb of nand flash.

After running mine on Debian for many years I have now created openWRT images for this box.

Source, install instructions and pre-build images (19.07 and 21.02 rc4) are available on github;
(https://github.com/jdwl1o1/openwrt-len-ix2)

Install requirements;

  • usb to tty-serial adapter, connected to the tty header on the ix2 mainboard. Header is populated from the factory. Easiest access is through the front panel - remove the panel, drives, remove 5 screws and the header is available on the lower right hand side.

  • ext2 formatted usb drive or (preferably) tftp server.

Working;

  • Sata
  • Networking
  • usb
  • fan and temp control

Not Working;

  • nothing - build works fine in my testing.

Performance is good for file sharing and disk access.

Any questions feel free to ask here or GitHub issues page.

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Hi all,

21.02.0 release images are now available on GitHub.

Issue with nand has been addressed, the full 1gig is now accessible in my latest images.

I'm the owner of Stor Center IX-2 DL: I owned a usb to serial adapter, Please someone can give me the PIN assignment on the IX2 board?
Thanks

Hey, serial pinout for kirkwood devices is almost always the same, 4pin header, pin 1 GCC, then TX, GND, RX.
Don't connect the GCC pin (3.3volt).

The iConnect page in the wiki has pics etc.